葡萄紋樣에 관한 연구

A Study of Patterns

  This paper is of the grape pattern, examining its route of propagation, its characteristics in every region, erpecially of the one represented on the fabrics.   Grapes were introduced from Central Asia to China about 2100 years ago, and has been cultivated since the Bronze Age in Europe.   In Ancient Orient the design of grapes began to appear in the form of grape-palmette, symbolizing fertility. In Greece it represented some connection with myths, and in Rome it was a symbol of Christianity and was propagated throughout Europe.   In western countries the grape pattern was used for symbolizing life and fertility, but ever since it had been transmitted to the East by way of the Silk Road it was adopted as an exotic decorative design.   As time passed, however, the grape-palmette design had transformed into the realistic pattern of grapes and also had its symbolic meaning changed respectively in every different regions. That is to say that in the West it was used as a symbol of Christianity, in Asia Minor of fertility, and in Confucian countries of productiveness and prosperity.   To conclude, from the days of Ancient Orient the grape pattern has been favored in the East and west with its various meanings and forms, symbolizing fertility, productiveness, and life in the respect that grapes bear lots of fruit.